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Bug #60550 strtotime adds compound string, subtracts wrong
Submitted: 2011-12-17 04:02 UTC Modified: 2018-05-05 21:39 UTC
From: viewport2heaven at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.3.8 OS: Windows 7
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-12-17 04:02 UTC] viewport2heaven at yahoo dot com
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.strtotime#refsect1-function.strtotime-parameters
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A string of '+1 day 2 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds' works.
A string of '-1 day 2 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds' doesn't work.

Test script:
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    $time = strtotime('+3 days 2 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds') - time();
    $expectedDiff =
      3 * 24 * 60 * 60 +
      2 * 60 * 60 +
      3 * 60 +
      4;

    $time = strtotime('-3 days 2 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds') - time();
    $expectedDiff =
      3 * 24 * 60 * 60 +
      2 * 60 * 60 +
      3 * 60 +
      4;

Expected result:
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+ and - should be the same.

Actual result:
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+ is correct. - is wrong.

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 [2011-12-21 17:49 UTC] jayte dot boehler at bestnotes dot com
The manual doesn't clarify how php processes a sequential set of number-based relative values, but it appears that the initial '+/-' does not dictate the direction of the entire sequence.  If you continue in the negative direction with the string '-3 days -2 hours -3 minutes -4 seconds', it yields the correct diff...
 [2018-05-05 21:39 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2018-05-05 21:39 UTC] requinix@php.net
Old bug report is old.

As commented, the plus sign belongs to the 3 days and not to the entire string.

http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php
> number space? (unit | 'week')
> Handles relative time items where the value is a number.

-3 days is one amount, 2 hours is another, 3 minutes another, and 4 seconds another.
 
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